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Family got unbuildable lot. They raised rustic-modern masterpiece.
John Lautner’s rustic-modern cabin, tucked away in the San Jacinto mountains outside LA, is a classic example of organic architecture. In 1957, the Pearlman family used an unbuildable lot at Idyllwild to raise a bold dwelling that erases the line between inside and outside.
On the panoramic view side of the home, rough, unmilled logs act as structural support, but accompanied only by floor-to-ceiling glass, they become camouflaged with the surrounding oaks, cedars and pines.
Lautner (a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright) went on to become world-renowned, but the Pearlman Cabin in the resort town of Idyllwild, was his first round house (even before his iconic Chemosphere (1960) or Zimmerman Residence (1968). Nancy Pearlman, who was 10 when the home was built, remembers it was her mother who wanted the round house to go with the round table as a centerpiece.
“It just seems so natural to me to have one big beautiful room,” explains Nancy, who says they’ve slept 25 on the floor, “It’s very rustic, but it’s very practical”.
Nancy’s uncle built the home while living in a tent. He only needed help with a few elements, like installing the massive windows and dynamiting some of the boulders to lay a foundation.
- For more information and to schedule a visit: pearlmancabin.com
- Pearlman Mountain Cabin on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearlman_Mountain_Cabin
- More about the Pearlman Cabin: www.wallpaper.com/architecture/residential/pearlman-cabin-john-lautner-usa
- John Lautner (disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright): www.laconservancy.org/learn/architect-biographies/john-lautner/
- Chemosphere: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemosphere
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @97Devils
    @97Devils 23 години тому

    This is awesome! What a great house!

  • @skyeseaborn1170
    @skyeseaborn1170 23 години тому

    Thank you!

  • @hannahcrumley3103
    @hannahcrumley3103 23 години тому

    Id love this studio, but I would definitely add a small bathroom with a large sink, and id add 2 large windows on two perpendicular walls, and maybe a closet with deep shelving.. the size sounds great. to me.

  • @biblia843
    @biblia843 23 години тому

    Very interesting. It’s quite a huge house for one single man, though.

  • @troyb.4101
    @troyb.4101 День тому

    Love the idea of no heating and cooling. Storm proof also.

  • @dianebrown5448
    @dianebrown5448 День тому

    Kudos and best of luck to this young an. We need more like him.👏👏👏👏👏

  • @chriss2295
    @chriss2295 День тому

    Your kids are getting so big! Time flies

  • @lilpeggilley8891
    @lilpeggilley8891 День тому

    Awesome y'all. Thanks SO much for this!! :) I have a 2nd story screened in NW FL porch overlooking the formerly known as woods pre-hurricane Michael. THIS is amazing. 😊 (in the summer. ;) )

  • @chriss2295
    @chriss2295 День тому

    Judging by everyone wearing a jacket, it must be very cold in the house with the lacking insulation

  • @elenaodonnal8443
    @elenaodonnal8443 День тому

    Love ❤️ this ty where can we find out more about these gorgeous adventures!!! We want to stay on these beautiful properties !!!

  • @douglasjordane
    @douglasjordane День тому

    Very nice reminiscing 👌🤓🙏🏾

  • @douglasjordane
    @douglasjordane День тому

    AWESOME HISTORY OF NYC RESIDENCES AND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD! EVERYDAY LIVING IN GOTHAM CITY!!! 🖤😎👌

  • @sandi8596
    @sandi8596 День тому

    Thank you for sharing❤. This is the most beautiful/unique home I have seen. Great memories 😊

  • @keithwhittington1322
    @keithwhittington1322 День тому

    What a guy!

  • @joannawhite1441
    @joannawhite1441 День тому

    It’s like Axl on The Middle

  • @queenpiarei
    @queenpiarei День тому

    I tried Mr. Elkin’s first bike camper…the hard part was the chassis and axels…What I use now, in Hawaii, is a Radio Flyer that has a canopy. I’m just over 5 ft. i plan to retrofit the materials as time goes by…sometimes pulling is more storeable/companionable than a bike camper…

  • @sunangel-rivka
    @sunangel-rivka День тому

    This is amazing. This man is a master. So much knowledge in one articulate human. Thank you for letting us meet him.

  • @espnmk
    @espnmk День тому

    So stunning up there and your right Kirsten why are you going to build a conventional box when it's a hike to get up to this particular or any property outside city limits. Thanks for Sharing...

  • @crochetingaroundnewzealand
    @crochetingaroundnewzealand День тому

    Wonderful ❤

  • @Mary-tj5qx
    @Mary-tj5qx День тому

    He's adorable and so talented. Completely well rounded. His parents clearly did a great job.

  • @Saskia-ww2gq
    @Saskia-ww2gq День тому

    boomer power! yayyyyy

  • @elenaodonnal8443
    @elenaodonnal8443 День тому

    As I am watching this ….. the word that comes to mind is….. PROVIDENCE!!!! ❤️ I live alone in a 5 bed home bc I love ❤️ guests & family

  • @kyrataylor2035
    @kyrataylor2035 День тому

    I am a huge mid-century modern fan and this is a beautiful place. I could certainly live there happily full-time, but I already live in a mid-century modern home that I love. (It's just not round.) Thanks for this wonderful tour.

  • @KingThallion
    @KingThallion День тому

    CALIFORNIA AGAINNNNN??????

  • @maxwoodworth
    @maxwoodworth День тому

    I especially appreciate that such interesting things got built for a time. It really was a special period until the 70s when wealth combined with a relative lack of zoning. Lots of wild safety violations in the homes featured on this channel. But there’s something special that was lost when zoning and building regs came into effect.

  • @TobinOsusky
    @TobinOsusky День тому

    Wow 😯 he and his amazing property /project are a glimpse into my future... Wild, and inspiring

  • @deborahcaldwell9775
    @deborahcaldwell9775 День тому

    Good one. Good one. Very, very good one.

  • @lipotrimloser
    @lipotrimloser День тому

    Okay, this is a seriously unique (and wonderful) home.

  • @austincarr8360
    @austincarr8360 День тому

    I would much rather live that way without any modern technology. It seems so peaceful and way more comfortable than any modern home

  • @plumpomo
    @plumpomo День тому

    omg i went to be a vendor there on one of their thursday market and it's such a cute vibe there for sure!

  • @yvonnehyatt8353
    @yvonnehyatt8353 День тому

    Please study-Joel Salatin and Daniel Priestley thanks 🌎😇

  • @Mr7lust7
    @Mr7lust7 День тому

    It's affordable because at any time the goddess Pele could take it back

  • @zabmcauley5647
    @zabmcauley5647 День тому

    Wow this build in 2 months with very little build experience! Is this what it's like to be able to concentrate? He's gonna do great at med school.

  • @one4change4thebetter
    @one4change4thebetter День тому

    Too good to be true, so sad. Reinforces my experience - people are hard to get along with...

  • @flipsolo
    @flipsolo День тому

    I'm honestly envious of that surfer dude. When you buy a house, that house literally owns you.

  • @cathymartinmcgoey3855
    @cathymartinmcgoey3855 День тому

    God Bless

  • @islandsedition
    @islandsedition День тому

    Really cool place coupled with the worst explanation of the Venturi effect.

  • @stellasingleton7640
    @stellasingleton7640 День тому

    Your group live correctly. I have come to realize most of us won’t make it through. Lord have mercy on our souls.

  • @musashi-san____1409
    @musashi-san____1409 День тому

    buildcover is the company, and it's way too expensive.

  • @paulaharrisbaca4851
    @paulaharrisbaca4851 День тому

    You know, I guess it's good that people in the City, especially around this area, never knew about it. After seeing what was happened to everything that was once magnificent about San Francisco get destroyed due to liberal policies encouraged by the elites, like Chairman Gavin Newsom, it's heartening to know some good things are left. Seeing Shreve's and Co leave San Francisco after being in business on Union Square for 172 years, it makes you wonder what it is the elites want. A handfull of wealthy people are taking advantage of the horrifying fire in Lanai....they just don't care. Thank God this is still here.

  • @JarrettOriginal
    @JarrettOriginal День тому

    I love Idy!! I go as often as I can. I'd live there if I could!

  • @moosehand8721
    @moosehand8721 День тому

    I found a damn good ac/heat 90 corolla 56000 miles for 5000 the other day on fbmktplace. You know what i would've bought as a commuter? The car😂

  • @jeelliott1758
    @jeelliott1758 День тому

    My apologies if I have misjudged you, M. Boullosa. Observing your video again, you (and Andrea Dirksen) are perhaps not to be lumped with the anti-Heidegger dopes. A couple of things still worth noting, however: "Dasein" is a condition rather than an attitude, though it imputes a recognition of that condition. The term was also used by Kant. Sartre speaks of "etre en soi," though not, perhaps, in quite the same sense that H. does. Secondly, you risk misleading your viewers by equating "potential" (dunamis) in Aristotle with anything like "potential" in contemporary American argot. Dunamis for Aristotle is a state of being, not a gradient of active change.

  • @estebanguerrero682
    @estebanguerrero682 День тому

    I love your videos, is always so eye opening watching and getting to know different build styles and methods to deal with the heat and cold from the elements, integrating natures own features and approaching a more sustainable lifestyle both economically and environmentally. I also love people's ingenuity, making use of the materials and techniques already known and even new ones that help us getting a better grasp of the physical properties both of the environment and the building materials. It's always a nice surprise to see a new video and even crazier methods that before went so over the top of my head

  • @sandialdrich1308
    @sandialdrich1308 День тому

    What a unique home 🏠. Love those views of the forest. Wow mind blown🤯 Thanks for sharing this video.

  • @sonechka100
    @sonechka100 День тому

    The round roof with angular wedges resembles Russian suprematism. Beautiful home!

  • @brandongarlick6451
    @brandongarlick6451 День тому

    I ran computer simulations demonstrating, incontrovertibly, that the whole bio-enclosure concept is fundamentally flawed. Be it expressed via dome, sphere, cube or even a stately tetrahedron, buddy!

  • @leah__gail
    @leah__gail День тому

    Wow!! That is AMAZING! 🤩

  • @misslannie73
    @misslannie73 День тому

    Wow, I’m not sure who I love more. The wonderful home, or the adorable owner! Thank you Kirsten et family xx

  • @jeanhawken4482
    @jeanhawken4482 День тому

    It is beautiful